What Happened to the Other Humans?

Who were the other humans, and why did we outlast them all? This marathon takes a single provocative question and follows it across three acts: from the species we shared the planet with, to the most mysterious of our lost cousins, to the moment we challenge everything we thought we knew about our own story. Love New Scientist? For a specially discounted New Scientist digital subscription, go to https://www.newscientist.com/youtube Subscribe ➤ https://bit.ly/NSYTSUBS 00:00 Act I: We Were Never Alone 0:05 Ep 1: Ancient Species We Once Co-Existed With 0:15 The Neanderthal Legacy: DNA in Modern Humans 0:28 Homo erectus: The Greatest Survivor 0:35 Homo heidelbergensis: The First Big Game Hunters 0:42 The "Hobbit" Human: Homo floresiensis 0:47 Host Segment 1: Transition to Physical Evidence 0:50 Ep 2: Why This Ancient Cave Is So Controversial 1:05 The Discovery of Homo naledi at Rising Star Cave 1:18 Burial Rituals or Coincidence? The Debate 1:21 Act II: The Ones We Lost 1:24 Ep 3: Where Are the Denisovans? The Answer is in our DNA 1:38 Dragon Man: Identifying the Harbin Cranium 1:49 Ep 4: Humans May Be Far Older Than We Thought 2:08 Host Segment 3: Scaling the Story 2:11 Ep 5: Ancient Humans Crossed the Ocean 2:49 Act III Rewriting The Story 2:52 Ep 6: Archaeologist Debunks Ancient Civilisation Myths 3:35 Host Conclusion: Why Were We the Last Ones Standing? Get more from New Scientist: Official website: https://bit.ly/NSYTHP Facebook: https://bit.ly/NSYTFB Twitter: https://bit.ly/NSYTTW Instagram: https://bit.ly/NSYTINSTA LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NSYTLIN About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/ #reality #physics #paradox #space #time #science #universe